Four people die in hot air balloon disaster in Arizona desert

Four people died when a hot air balloon crashed in Arizona on Sunday. Another person was very badly hurt.

The event happened at about 7:50 in the morning in Eloy, a desert area about 65 miles south of Phoenix.

The police said that five people were on the balloon when it crashed.

We don’t know what caused the incident.

The police in Eloy are working with the NTSB and the Federal Aviation Administration to find out why it happened.

“The balloon had a serious problem,” local police told a CBS affiliate on Sunday.

When the big balloon started flying on Sunday, there were 13 grown-ups on board. The Mayor said there was one person flying the balloon, four people just going for a ride, and eight people jumping out of the sky.

The accident happened right after the skydivers finished their jump, according to Eloy Police Chief Byron Gwaltney.

Investigators got to the place of the crash right after it happened to check the balloon that had crashed. The NTSB called it a Cameron Balloons A160 aircraft.

The accident is still being looked into, but the NTSB found that the balloon had a problem with its envelope.

The Eloy Police Department hasn’t said who was in the crash on Sunday, but CNN reported that the family of Katie Bartrom, a 28-year-old nurse, said she was one of the people who died.

Jennifer Hubartt, Bartrom’s mom, said to a CNN affiliate: “She was a wonderful person, she just became a nurse and was doing well by herself. ”

Mayor Powell said that Eloy has a lot of people who like to go skydiving because it has a big area where skydivers can land.

Officials said the object will be taken to a safe place to be checked more carefully.

The police are asking for your help and good wishes for the families and loved ones who are going through a tough time.